Chapter 7 HW

Question 1

Ossicles

Answer 1

Three tiny middle ear bones: malleus, incus, and stapes

Question 2

Tympanic membrane

Answer 2

Waves of air molecules hit the tympanic membrane and cause it to vibrate

Question 3

Endolymph

Answer 3

Fills the cochlear duct in the middle ear

Question 4

Bipolar neurons

Answer 4

Found at the base of hair cells in the cochlear duct

Question 5

Bony labyrinth

Answer 5

Located in the inner ear

Question 6

Outer ear

Answer 6

Consists of the pinna and auditory canal

Question 7

Static equilibrium

Answer 7

The kind of equilibrium perceived by the saccule and utricle

Question 8

Oval window

Answer 8

Located in the beginning of the inner ear, vibrations of the oval window creates waves within the perilymph of the cochlear tube

Question 9

Lingual papillae

Answer 9

Bumps on the surface of the tongue

Question 10

Myopia

Answer 10

Cornea and lens focused the image ahead of the retina

Question 11

Hyperopia

Answer 11

The cornea and lens focused the image behind the retina

Question 12

Cataract

Answer 12

Progressive, painless, loss or vision due to the clouding of the lens of the eye

Question 13

Olfaction

Answer 13

Sense of smell

Question 14

Otitis media

Answer 14

Infection of the middle ear

Question 15

Swimmers ear (otitis externa)

Answer 15

An infection anywhere in the outer ear

Question 16

Tactile disks function

Answer 16

Mechanoreceptors for light touch

Question 17

Middle ear function

Answer 17

To amplify the vibration of the tympanic membrane

Question 18

Retina rods function

Answer 18

Photoreceptors for non-color vision

Question 19

Vestibular apparatus function

Answer 19

To perceive equilibrium

Question 20

Oval window

Answer 20

Membrane at which the stapes contacts the vestibule

Question 21

Hair cell receptors on the basilar membrane

Answer 21

Mechanoreceptor

Question 22

Olfactory hair receptors

Answer 22

Chemoreceptor

Question 23

Vision receptors

Answer 23

Photoreceptor

Question 24

Ciliary body

Answer 24

Part of the eye that produces aqueous humor

Question 25

Glaucoma

Answer 25

Ocular disorder results in an increase in intraocular pressure

Question 26

Fovea centralis

Answer 26

Part of the retina that contains only cones and is the area of sharpest vision

Question 27

Auditory tube/eustachian tube

Answer 27

Structure that leads from the middle ear to the nasopharynx

Question 28

Olfactory cell

Answer 28

Bipolar neurons

Question 29

Mechanoreceptors

Answer 29

Detect pressure, touch, vibration, and stretch

Question 30

Nociceptors

Answer 30

Pain receptors that detect tissue injury or potential tissue injury

Question 31

Basal cells

Answer 31

Taste bud cells responsible for replacing cells as they die

Question 32

Eye protecting structures

Answer 32

Eyebrows, eyelids, and eyelashes

Question 33

Optic disc

Answer 33

Part of the retina that has no photoreceptors and is therefore considered the blindspot

Question 34

General senses

Answer 34

Simple receptors in the skin, muscles, joints, tendons, and organs. Located all over the body, detect touch, pressure, stretch, heat, cold, and pain

Question 35

Special senses

Answer 35

Only located in the head, special sense organs are used for taste, smell, hearing, equilibrium, and vision

Question 36

Tongue taste concentrations

Answer 36

Sweet in the front, salt and sour on the sides

Question 37

Presbyopia

Answer 37

A decreased ability to accommodate between near and far vision with aging, resulting in difficulty seeing objects up close

Question 38

Tinnitus

Answer 38

Persistent abnormal ear noise, commonly experienced in the elderly due to mild hearing loss

Question 39

Ishihara test

Answer 39

Used to diagnose color blindness

Question 40

Tonometry

Answer 40

A procedure that measures the pressure inside the eye to diagnose glaucoma

Question 41

Rinne/Weber test

Answer 41

Procedures in which a tuning fork is used to test for hearing loss